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Palmer. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Krova Coleman. A major earthquake has struck the

isolated Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar. The magnitude 7.7 quake

toppled buildings near the epicenter and rattled neighboring Thailand's capital Bangkok. And P.R.'s

John Rewitch reports it's hundreds of miles away. The U.S. Geological Survey says the epicenter was about

six miles deep and not far from the city of Mandalay in central Myanmar. Mandalay is the country's second

biggest city after Yangon, with a population of around a million and a half people. USGS says

there have been several aftershocks since the initial quake around lunchtime, including one with a

magnitude of 6.4. Videos and photos online show a collapsed bridge and buildings and others off

kilter in what appears to be

the quake zone. In one video from Bangkok, a high rise under construction crumbles to the ground,

sending people in nearby streets running for their lives. Thailand's prime minister ordered

government departments to prepare for casualties and further aftershocks. There's been no word

from the Myanmar government.

John Rewitch, NPR News, Shanghai. A federal judge has ordered several Trump administration officials to save text messages that included sent to U.S. military plans. NPR's Rylan

Barton reports the order comes after a journalist was accidentally added to the text thread

that discussed bombing rebels in Yemen.

The chat included top officials like Defense Secretary Pete Hegesith, Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

and Vice President J.D. Vance. Judge James Bosberg said they need to save all of their communications

from the Signal encrypted messaging app between March 11th and March 15th. That's when Hexeth described specific

weapons systems to be used in Yemen, including the exact timings of when bombs would drop.

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